Some views on Central Sweden's Viking Period ships and shipping is reconsidered. Although smaller craft like those well-known from many burials, certainly was used on inland waters, Baltic sailing surely demanded ships of some size. Also Swedish participation with men-of-war in the Danish raids on England is well attested and lack of finds should not be misinterpreted. Also, the supply of food and firewood to urban populations like Birka's and Sigtuna's must have created lots of shipping and made rivers and lakes to waterways.

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